Finally getting around to posting my next warband, the Fortune Hunteres. Some really nice human models here, and they take quite well to washes for the general painting - the metal dive suits can be painted to look really nice without the need for hours and hours of detail work. I have the standard deluxe starter with the Sea Dog captain added in for good measure.
I think the Sea Dog Captain was my favourite figure out of this lot. Though I did have to patch up a slight miscast on his left shoulder. Nothing a little greenstuff couldn't fix! The scattergun really looks deadly at close range (and dangerous for the shooter too!). Yep, I also missed a small spot on the back of his base.
Next up, Marie du Chatelet, the scientist, and the Heavy trooper. Initially I was not too fond of the female model, but this one grew on me as I painted her. A very nice esthetic, with a few small details to make the figure pop. That and she is fully clothed, which marks it approve for family use.
Finally the big Mech and the Recon trooper. The Recon trooper is a really cool sculpt, but it seems to be a different sculptor than the rest, and the scale is a bit off. Not a huge deal, as you can't really notice from a tabletop distance. I think the cool propulsion system makes up for it.
One thing I tried to do with the armour plating in this warband was to have a gradient of brownish/orange hues up to blue from the ground up, to reflect the colour of the ground on the lower extremities of the metal models. You can see it a bit more in person, but it was a fun experiment. I kinda used that to combine NMM-type elements with metallics. I don't have the patience (or time) to go full NMM at this stage in life. Maybe that's a good thing :)
Hope you like 'em!
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